Darren Lewis, who starred at operating again at Texas A&M and later performed three seasons within the NFL for the Bears, has died of most cancers at 55 years outdated.
Lewis rushed for five,012 yards and 45 touchdowns at Texas A&M from 1987-90, breaking Eric Dickerson’s Southwest Convention complete speeding yards document, which had stood at 4,450 yards.
In line with ESPN, when Lewis completed with the Aggies, solely 4 faculty operating backs had extra yards — Tony Dorsett, Charles White, Herschel Walker and Archie Griffin.
Lewis was chosen by the Bears within the sixth spherical of the 1991 NFL Draft.
He performed for the workforce for 3 seasons, probably the most notable coming in 1992, when he began 5 video games, carrying the ball 90 instances for 382 yards and 4 touchdowns, with an extra 18 catches for 175 yards.
Lewis left soccer after the 1993 season, following a home battery arrest, and fell into a lifetime of habit and crime.
In 2014, Lewis pled responsible in a string of armed robberies within the Dallas space and was sentenced to 27 years in federal jail.
In one of many robberies, Lewis shot a 7/11 clerk within the thigh; he later informed the Dallas Morning Information that it was by chance.
As he was dying in jail, Lewis granted a current interview to the Bryan-School Station Eagle, by way of questions submitted to his spouse, Tammie Thibodeaux.
“I used to be egocentric; I simply wished what Darren Lewis wished and didn’t take into consideration the folks I could also be hurting,” Lewis informed the outlet. “It was all about what I wished at the moment.”
He stated he discovered reform in jail by way of faith and the help of his household.
“Jail modified me in some ways,” Lewis stated. “Jail truly saved my life. Jail modified the best way I checked out issues. Jail modified the best way I method issues. Jail gave me the chance to sit down down and examine God’s phrase in order that God may minister to me together with his phrase.”
Lewis added, “My spouse Tammie, who has at all times been there for me regardless of how low I used to be sinking, by no means left me. I additionally relied on my household.”
Lewis was affected by Stage IV metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, a uncommon type of pores and skin most cancers that may unfold to different components of the physique.
“Once I was in jail I discovered the way to completely depend upon God,” Lewis informed the Eagle. “I allowed him to consolation me by way of his phrase. I might have been so misplaced and depressed if I had not gave my life over to Christ.”